Richard M. Nixon and European integration : a reappraisal /
This book re-examines the Nixon administration's attitude and approach to the European integration project. The formulation of US policy towards European integration in the Nixon presidential years (1969-1974) was conditioned by the perceived relative decline of the United States, Western Europ...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | Cham, Switzerland : |
Publication Dates: | [2018] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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This book re-examines the Nixon administration's attitude and approach to the European integration project. The formulation of US policy towards European integration in the Nixon presidential years (1969-1974) was conditioned by the perceived relative decline of the United States, Western European emergence and competition, the feared Communist expansionism, and US national interests. Against that backdrop, the Nixon administration saw the need to re-evaluate its policy on Western Europe and the integration process on this continent. Underpinning this study is the extensive use of newly-rele |
Carrier Form: | viii, 331 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-321) and index. |
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9783319756615 3319756613 |
Index Number: | D1065 |
CLC: | D871.29 |
Call Number: | D871.29/S619-1 |
Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. U.S. and European Integration Prior to 1968: An Overview -- 3. Foreign Policy Making and U.S. Vision of European Integration in Nixon-Era -- 4. The Nixon Administration, the New Age and European Integration -- 5. The Nixon Administration's Initiatives on Europe and European Integration Process -- 6. U.S.-EC Relations, 1969-1974: Cooperation and Confrontation -- 7. U.S. Policy toward European Integration, 1969 -- 1974: Continuing Patterns. |